Palm Sunday Homily At The Vatican

Vatican News  published an article entitled Pope Palm Sunday Homily: Full Text.  It can be accessed here via this link: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-04/pope-palm-sunday-homily-full-text.html

Separate from the above, below is one of the hymns for Vespers on Palm Sunday [1]:

1.  The royal banners forward go,
The Cross shines forth in mystic
glow, Where Life Himself our death
endured And by His death our life
procured.

2.  Where deep for us the spear was
dyed, Life's torrent rushing from
His side, To wash up in that precious
flood, Where mingled water flowed,
and blood.

3.  Fulfilled is all that David told  In
true prophetic song of old  To all the
nations:  "God," saith he,  "Hath
reigned and triumphed from the
Tree."

4.  O Tree of beauty, Tree of light,
O Tree with royal purple dight, Elect
on whose triumphal breast   Those
holy limbs should find their rest!

5.  On whose dear arms, so widely
flung,  The weight of this world's
ransom hung;  The price of human
kind to pay, And spoil the spoiler
of his prey.

6.  O Cross, our one reliance, hail!
This holy Passiontide avail  To give
new virtue to the saint  And pardon
to the penitent.

7.  To Thee, eternal Three in One,
Let homage meet by all be done;
As by the Cross Thou dost restore,
So rule and guide us evermore.
Amen.


[1] The Roman Catholic Daily Missal 1962. Angelus Press, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014, page 478.